GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| stringent | tight |